Peru La Libertad Huanchaco
Chan Chan
An ancient Chimu kingdom's adobe city, once the largest in pre-Columbian South America, located on Peru's northern coast.
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Many people aren’t familiar with the Pre-Inca civilizations of Peru. One of those was the Chimu, a coastal empire that built what was once the largest city in the Americas. The Chimu resisted the Inca conquest for years, holding strong at their capital city of Chan Chan. These ruins, dated back to the 9th century, are far different from the stone monoliths that have become synonymous with pre-colonial Peru, instead being sculpted out of adobe.
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